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And to be fair it worked like charm as in the 97-98 season, the year Notts won the Division Three title, Lincoln lost just five games at Sincil Bank.

Notts haven’t quite resorted to cold tea or sub-zero temperature showers yet, and they are not the kind of club to stretch to those lengths in order to gain an advantage.

But the reason why the away dressing room has not been given a facelift was all part of Kevin Nolan’s plan to improve what was an abysmal home record.

Prior to his arrival in January, Notts had won just three games in a year at Meadow Lane, but that record has improved beyond all recognition since he walked through the door.

Notts have lost just one competitive home game since he took charge, but it would be doing a huge disservice to him and his team to suggest that it was all down to the décor in the opposite changing room.

But as he pointed out last season, teams saw Meadow Lane as a stadium that welcomed the opposing teams rather instil fear into them.

For that reason he wanted the away dressing rooms to have a bleak look because as having been in it in himself, when at Leyton Orient, he recalled how comfortable he felt.

Football is a ruthless business, and you have to do what you can to give you the best possible chance of being successful.

Be it the sly fouls when teams or counter-attacking, or a dressing room which denies a manager the chance to address his team properly, its purpose is to gain an advantage no matter which teams you upset along the way.